• A queer sea snake was caught by Master Roy Pemberton on the beach in the direction of Welcome Bay recently, states the "New Zealand Herald's Tauranga correspondent. It was three feet three inches long, with a body that could be passed through a 7-8 inch ring. It was golden coloured on the back and white underneath. As far can be ascertained it is the first specimen of the kind that has been seen or found in the Tauranga Harbour. It ha« not been identified. _ Tfye first known newspaper advertisement appeared in a London new«sheet, the "Moderate," on March 2<th, 1649, and concerned a stolen horse, offering <i reward for its recovery. A few years later no less a person than Charles 11., adopted the new method of ■ advertising to recover a missing dog "that doubtless was stolen,.
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Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 19854, 15 February 1930, Page 9
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